Category Archives: Bronco Football

Broncos fall 10 yards short of victory in Athens

NMMI Sports Press ATHENS, Texas — The Bronco football team dropped a heart-breaker on the road to the Trinity Valley Community College Cardinals Saturday, 45-41. NMMI came into the contest ranked No. 6 in the nation among teams in the NJCAA, while TVCC was ranked just two slots behind at No. 8. To add further excitement…

Bronco football moves to No. 6 in national NJCAA rankings

The NJCAA’s national football rankings are out, and, despite having a bye week, the undefeated New Mexico Military Institute Broncos (4-0) rose two spots to claim the No. 6 slot in the national weekly poll of NJCAA coaches and associated sportswriters. It’s been a while since NMMI has been in the top 10. In 2013,…

Broncos come back from slow start to win big vs. Arkansas Baptist

NMMI Sports Press DE SOTO, Texas — The good news is, the Bronco football team got another big win, moving them to 4-0 on the season as they head into a bye week. The bad news: they didn’t play well at all early, giving Arkansas Baptist an early 8-0 lead before crushing the American Bison…

NMMI goes 2-0 in conference with big win over CIsco

NMMI Sports Press CISCO, Texas — It may be early in the season, but the Bronco football team is showing it can play with the teams in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference. Despite a long road trip filled with obstacles, NMMI topped Cisco College 51-7 on the Wranglers’ home turf, and overcoming those obstacles…

Broncos hang on for last minute SWJCFC victory

Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press It was a decidedly interesting “Welcome to the SWJCFC” game Friday night at NMMI, and one that the teams in the powerhouse Texas league might not have expected. Despite a handful of mistakes in a game that had eerie early similarities to Friday’s Colt game, the Broncos pulled off a…

NEO vs NMMI pregame – A perspective from the opposite side

Monty Franks Sportswriter for the NEO Golden Norsemen MIAMI — First-year Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College head football coach Clay Patterson is more than exuberant about the 7 p.m. (CDT) season opener Saturday with the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos at Colt Field. “It may sound strange, but this is the first time I have ever…

Broncos run and pass all over Air Force Prep in season opener

Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press After a back-and-forth first quarter — which saw a lot more offense than defense from both sides — the Bronco football team put everything together, routing Air Force Prep 62-27 in the season opener. “I’ll take it. I’ll take any win, so that’s a good way to start for us,”…

Roger Staubach inducted into NJCAA Hall of Fame

Former New Mexico Military Institute multi-sport star Roger Staubach was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame® today. The Cincinnati, Ohio native came to NMMI to help him prepare for entry into the United States Naval Academy. He was a one-year student during the 1960-61 school year, a private in the 1st platoon and 2nd…

Bronco football hopes change will bring familiar results

Karen Boehler NMMI Sports Press Change is the word to describe the Bronco football team this season, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The NMMI gridders will be playing in a new conference — the Southwest Junior College Football Conference — with four new coaches to guide them and a lot of freshmen on…

High school football teams brave the heat at 7-on-7 tourney

NMMI Sports Press Football teams from 15 New Mexico communities stretching all the way from Farmington to Hobbs came to NMMI Friday to compete in the long-running Bronco football 7-on-7 tournament. Divided into three divisions with smaller schools playing their peers as well as big school JV and C teams, there were 27 total squads…